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<h4 class="heading4">Installing and Uninstalling Control Panel Themes (Skins)</h4>
<p class="bodytext">You can develop and use custom skins for your control panel. Be aware that use of skins created by third parties can be dangerous, as the skin packages can contain malicious code. We strongly recommend that you use only the skins received from the trusted sources.</p>
<p class="procedureheading">To view currently installed skins:</p>
<ol class="procedurelistnumber"><li class="procedurelistnumber">Click the <strong class="specialbold">Server</strong> shortcut in the navigation pane.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Click the <strong class="specialbold">Interface Management </strong>icon in the <strong class="specialbold">Control Panel</strong> group.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Click the <strong class="specialbold">Skins</strong> tab.</li></ol><p class="bodytext"></p>
<p class="procedureheading">To download a skin package:</p>
<ol class="procedurelistnumber"><li class="procedurelistnumber">Click the <strong class="specialbold">Server</strong> shortcut in the navigation pane.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Click the <strong class="specialbold">Interface Management </strong>icon in the <strong class="specialbold">Control Panel</strong> group.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Click the <strong class="specialbold">Skins</strong> tab.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Click the appropriate <img src="17547.gif" alt="" height="16" width="16" vspace="0" hspace="0" align="bottom" border="0"> icon, or click a skin title and then click <strong class="specialbold">Download Skin</strong>.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Select the type of archive you would like to have the skin files packed into, and click <strong class="specialbold">OK</strong>. <p class="listcontinue">Once the skin is prepared for downloading, a file download dialog window appears. </p>
</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Click <strong class="specialbold">Save</strong>, specify the location and file name for the downloaded skin package file to be saved, and then click <strong class="specialbold">Save</strong>.</li></ol><p class="bodytext">You can now prepare your own skin by modifying the contents of the downloaded archive file. To learn how to create custom skins for Plesk control panel, see the Skins Reference document (<strong class="specialbold">Server </strong>&gt;<strong class="specialbold"> Interface Management </strong>&gt;<strong class="specialbold"> Skins </strong>&gt;<strong class="specialbold"> Skins Reference</strong>).</p>
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<p class="procedureheading">To install a new skin to control panel:</p>
<ol class="procedurelistnumber"><li class="procedurelistnumber">Click the <strong class="specialbold">Server</strong> shortcut in the navigation pane.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Click the <strong class="specialbold">Interface Management </strong>icon in the <strong class="specialbold">Control Panel</strong> group.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Click the <strong class="specialbold">Skins</strong> tab.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Click <strong class="specialbold">Add New Skin</strong>. Specify the skin package file location and click <strong class="specialbold">OK</strong>.</li></ol><p class="bodytext"></p>
<p class="procedureheading">To update the contents of an already installed skin:</p>
<ol class="procedurelistnumber"><li class="procedurelistnumber">Click the <strong class="specialbold">Server</strong> shortcut in the navigation pane.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Click the <strong class="specialbold">Interface Management </strong>icon in the <strong class="specialbold">Control Panel</strong> group.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Click the <strong class="specialbold">Skins</strong> tab.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Click a skin title and then click <strong class="specialbold">Update Skin</strong>. Specify the skin package file location and click <strong class="specialbold">OK</strong>.</li></ol><p class="bodytext"></p>
<p class="procedureheading">To remove one or several skins from the repository:</p>
<ol class="procedurelistnumber"><li class="procedurelistnumber">Click the <strong class="specialbold">Server</strong> shortcut in the navigation pane.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Click the <strong class="specialbold">Interface Management </strong>icon in the <strong class="specialbold">Control Panel</strong> group.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Click the <strong class="specialbold">Skins</strong> tab.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Select the corresponding check box and click <img src="17726.gif" alt="" height="16" width="16" vspace="0" hspace="0" align="bottom" border="0"> <strong class="specialbold">Remove Selected</strong>. Then, confirm removal and click <strong class="specialbold">OK</strong>.</li></ol><p class="note"><strong class="buttons">Note:</strong> When you remove a skin, which is currently used within a certain user's control panel environment, the user's control panel appearance is automatically changed to the default skin. You cannot remove the default control panel skin.</p>


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